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I like it | 27 | 42.19% | |
I hate it | 5 | 7.81% | |
Don't know | 20 | 31.25% | |
I'm too busy drinking beer | 12 | 18.75% | |
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12-21-15, 01:32 AM | #196 |
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12-21-15, 11:34 AM | #197 |
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Empire Strikes Back
A New Hope The Force Awakens Return of the Jedi ( Teddy Bear Picnic being the main reason ) Revenge of the Sith Attack of the Clones The Phantom Menace |
12-21-15, 12:20 PM | #198 |
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12-22-15, 12:39 AM | #199 |
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Appropriately placed Disney merchandise props intermixed with lots of special effects . Not much else
Lets blow up a death star again |
12-22-15, 02:15 AM | #200 | |
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12-22-15, 02:31 AM | #201 |
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12-22-15, 05:04 AM | #202 |
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To be fair, that's not a spoiler, that's a error, because they do not blow up the Death Star again. But the space station does have a small cameo!
When to see last night. Honestly I hoped for more, but it's good movie in/of the franchise. It really sins only for be to must dedicated to Star Wars. Harrison Ford steals every scene he is in and I like Daisy Ridley, she give a good performance! And for the hollyday season: Last edited by Rhodes; 12-22-15 at 06:33 AM. |
12-22-15, 09:35 AM | #203 |
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How many of these super powerful Death Star's does the Empire need? A Until they can build one that has no weakness what so ever and can kick the rebellion up the backside.
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12-22-15, 09:38 AM | #204 |
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12-22-15, 01:37 PM | #205 |
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12-23-15, 12:12 AM | #206 |
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Movies, like any (soft) science fiction, don't need scientific accuracy to be good, but it can certainly help them be more enjoyable. I don't agree with most of his points in this instance, though. Things like BB-8 not skidding on the sand can be easily handwaved by assuming it's equipped with technology capable of preventing this. Ironically, the previous explanation for how the infamous Kessel Run line was logical no longer seems to be possible as of this movie, but that's a minor issue.
Anyway, yes, Star Wars Episode VII and all that. I just managed to finally get around to watching it. I think it rather impressed me in a few aspects, as it was not entirely the train wreck I initially expected it to be, but I don't think it really holds up as a sequel to the original trilogy either in quality or in, err, sequel-ness. I'll start with the good parts. I liked most of the characters, both the old and the new ones. There hasn't been a great deal of development to most of them, but I expect that that is largely because this is only the first part. The soundtrack was quite good, at least what I could hear of it through the bloody audience, but that's to be expected. When it comes to visuals, this movie very much attempts to recreate the aesthetics of the original trilogy and I think it does a rather good job at it for the most part (though it did default to standard modern movie look in a few places). I wasn't one of those too bothered by lens flare in the Star Trek movies and I wasn't looking out specifically for it, so I didn't notice if there was an unnecessary amount for anyone that cares. Sorry. As far as story is concerned, I thought the movie started out well and was quite interesting for the first half or so. It sets up a story that ties in to the original trilogy and yet, despite copying a lot of the plot structure and having a large amount of shot-for-shot scenes, seems to have a distinct premise. Then around the second half it rushes forward, expands the scope of its story (which has previously focused on largely small-scale events) considerably, sets aside anything that distinguished it from Episode IV and proceeds to copy its entire plot resolution from it. It does all this while simultaneously not bothering in the slightest to establish any context for what is going on or any serious connection to the events of the original trilogy, leaving the whole thing seeming rather hollow. I can't really say it's a bad movie by its own virtue, but I think it ultimately ends up with a story and setting that feel like they're neither stand-alone nor recognizably a continuation of the older movies, despite the appearance of characters and a few other elements from them, and a plot that is very visibly attempting to imitate the older movies (and is entirely predictable as a result) rather than build on them to something new. I also can't help but compare this movie unfavourably to Timothy Zahn's Thrawn trilogy, which largely took the role of 'sequel trilogy' in the old continuity and which I think is a much more complex and interesting story (so far, at least). Directly adapting these books would have been impractical, and not just because the prequels contradict large parts of them, but I think they are a good example of how a sequel to the original trilogy could have been much more coherently tied to it while not copying it. Those are my initial thoughts, at least. I'd probably have to watch the whole series again, but at least I can say that I enjoyed this movie a fair bit more than most of the prequels, and I'm not even the most avid hater of those, so it can't be that bad. Last edited by Raptor1; 12-23-15 at 01:36 PM. |
12-23-15, 02:36 AM | #207 | |
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12-23-15, 02:50 AM | #208 |
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Saw the movie earlier. It's not bad, better than the prequels. But it does lean much to heavily on recreating scenes from the original trilogy. I think the film has enough to stand on it's own, without having to hit us over the head with how awesome Star Wars IV-VI were.
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12-23-15, 08:59 AM | #209 |
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Well, I saw it yesterday, at a friend's insistence. Knew nearly nothing about the film going in.
Don't read if you do not want the plot spoiled.
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12-23-15, 11:06 AM | #210 |
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Wonderful review Neal, I see you're not wearing rose tinted glasses and that is very refreshing straight to the point no farting around.
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